East Midlands Trains has told rail passengers in Leicester that its trains will be running normally tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.

The announcement comes after reports in the national press that Network Rail signallers were planning to take strike action.

The reports said that trains to Nottingham, Sheffield and Leicester would be affected by the signal workers who control lines in and out of St Pancras London. They were planning a 48-hour walkout tomorrow.

East Midlands Trains said it will be running a full and normal service on all routes on these days and it services will not be affected by the Network Rail strike action.